Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Geoffrey III de Rancon
Abt 1100 - Abt 1153 (~ 53 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 5
1. Geoffrey III de Rancon was born about 1100 (son of Geoffroy II and Fossifia); died about 1153. Notes:
Seigneur de Taillebourg.
"Geoffroy was prominent in the Second Crusade, having taken the Cross in Vezelay in 1146 together with King Louis VII and other knights. Having crossed into Asia Minor, in 1248 the Crusaders climbed Mount Cadmos, but Geoffroy disobeyed orders and chose to march further than the spot chosen by the king for the camp. In concert with Amadeo III, comte de Savoie (Louis' uncle) he decided that a nearby plateau at Laodicea would make a better camp, an act of disobedience that was reportedly common in the army due to the lack of command from the king. As a result the army was split and disorganised, and the Turks successfully ambushed a major part of it. The king narrowly escaped, and the blame for the massacre fell on Geoffroy. Louis sent him home from the Crusade early as a punishment." [Leo van de Pas, citation details below]Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Geoffroy II (son of Ostendus III de Taillebourg); died in 1137. Notes:
Sire de Marcillac et de Taillebourg.
Geoffroy married Fossifia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Fossifia Children:
- 1. Geoffrey III de Rancon was born about 1100; died about 1153.
Generation: 3
4. Ostendus III de Taillebourg (son of Geoffroy I de Rancon). Notes:
Mentioned 1067.
Children:
- 2. Geoffroy II died in 1137.
Generation: 4
8. Geoffroy I de Rancon (son of Aimery I de Rancon). Notes:
Sire de Taillebourg. Mentioned 1065.
Children:
Generation: 5
16. Aimery I de Rancon Notes:
Mentioned 1018. Murdered, date unknown.
Children: